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Battle of Atlanta

July 22, 1864 · Battle of Atlanta

Result Union victory

Hood attacked the Army of the Tennessee east of Atlanta; McPherson was killed and the attack failed.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

William Tecumseh Sherman military commander

James B. McPherson military commander

John Bell Hood military commander

Gustavus Woodson Smith military commander

William H. T. Walker military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 34,86330,477, 70,000
Casualties: 3,7223,641
Killed: 430
Wounded: 1,559
Missing: 1,733

Strength: 36,93440,000
Casualties: 8,499
Missing: 1,000

Units

Army of the Ohio Army of the Tennessee

Army of Tennessee 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion